Hi ppuri s V ul g ar i s , Ma r e ’s- T a i l .
HIPFURIß Lin. Gen. Pt. Monandria Mqnqgynjia.
Cßl. q; Petalao. Stigma fiipplex. Sem. 1.
Raii Syn. Gen, 5. Herbæ floræ imferfecto seit stamineo vel apetalo
soTiy s, ■ ■
HIPPURIS vulgaris. Lin. Syß.Vegetab. fi. 5 i . Sfi.P l.fi. 6. Fl.Su e c .n .2 .
PINASTELL A. Dillen. Nov. Gey,. p. i68.
LIMNOPEUCE. Haller. Hiß. p. 264. Vaillant. Mem.de l ’Acad. anno 1716, t. i.J.% ,
POLYGONUM fæmina. Matth, in Diofc.fi. 952, Dodm. Pcmfit.fi. n 3.
EQUISETUM paluftre brevioribus foliis polyfpermon. C. B. fiin. 15.
EQUISETUM paluftre alterum brevioribus fetis. Park. 1200.
CAUDA EQUINA fæmina. Ger. ernac. 1 114. Raii Syn. fi. 1 aß. HudPon Fl Anrl „ a
Lightfoot Fl. Scot. p. 79. . F Angl. ed. 2, fi. 2.
RADIX perennis, repens, geniculata, alba, geniculis $
plurimis fibris capillata. $
CAULES plurimi, fefquipedales et ultra, erefti, fim- I
plices, glabri, ftriati, teretes, fpongiofi, fig. ?
i, medulla filiformi, compa&a, in radicious a
tenaci. X
FOLIA verticillata, ofto circiter, brevia, Iinearia, |
glaberrima, avenia; ad lentem punftata, f
pun&is excavatis. %
FLORES hermaphroditi plerumque, prefertim vere, f
ad finem seltatis plures iaemineos obfervavi, 4
axillares, fefliles,
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CALYX nullus. f
COROLLA nulla.
STAMEN: Filamentum unicum, apici germinis f-
infidens, primo breviffimum, demiffo pol- I
line longitudine piftilli. A nthera biloba, §
purpurafcens, majufcula, Jig. 2, 3. |
PISTILLUM: Germen oblongum. Stylus bre- $
viflimus, n.udus. Stigma fubulatum, album, |
ad lentem villofum, fig. 4, c. 6. ’ |-
PERICARPIUM nullum. 0
SEMEN unicum, oblongum, nudum, fubofleum, intus $
album, medio fufcum, membrana feu arillo f
tenui obte&um, Jig. 7, 8, 9. |
ROOT perennial, creeping, jointed and white, the
joints furnilhed with numerous capillary fibres
STALKS numerous, a foot and a half or more in
height, upright, Ample, fmooth, llriated,
round, fpongy, fig. the pith like a thread
in the centre, compaft, and in the roots
tough.
LEAVES growing in whirls, about eight in number,
Ihort, linear, perfectly fmooth, without veins,
dotted when magnified, the dots appearing
hollow. 6
FLOWERS for the moft part hermaphrodite, efpe-
cially in the fpring; at the clofe of the fum-
mer I have obferved many of them to be
female, growing in the alas of the leaves, and
feffile.
CALYX none.
COROLLA none.
STAMEN : a fingle Filament, fitting on the top of
the germen, at firft very Ihort, on fhedding
the pollen becoming as long as the piltillum.
A nthera compofed of two lobes, purplilh
and rather large, Jig. 2, 3. *
PISTILLUM: G ermen oblong. Sty le very fhort,
naked. Stigma tapering to a point, white
SEED-VEaSSEdrnoyu :hen 5, 6-
SEED fingle, oblong, naked, hard, white within, and
in the centre brown, covered with a thin
membrane or arillus, Jig. 7, 8, 9»
' p * » . y « | g | fe e l, aud ;h t “ Ccoau filT a b L P°q“ ^ T ° “ ^
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It flowers and produces its feeds from June to Augujl.
P riversTft'an cxce^ngly’ trmjMefome6^ 61^ 6^ U h ^r£3t | H and ««.ha™ been informed, that in fome
Iroots to be of t h e & m° " readJy beHeve’ ha™ S « P a^ e d its.
|; A tranfverfe feftion of its ftalk is a beautiful microfcopic obje£l.
I On examining this plant we have fometimes, found its flowers to be female only..